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The conference will bring together more than 40 international scholars for sessions addressing Identity, Materiality, and Health; Practice in Sacred Landscapes; and Connections, Provocations and Policy Implications. Speakers will include Elizabeth Alison, Anil Chitrakar, Mukta Singh Lama, Charles Ramble, and Eklabya Sharma as well as ICI fellows Li Bo, Georgina Drew, and Mahendra Lama. "By providing a platform where leading scholars and experts can discuss key issues at the intersection of religion and sustainability, the India China Institute is not only advancing academic discourse but spurring positive action in the region," said Ashok Gurung, ICI Director. "The availability of this knowledge on the ground will allow actors in the Himalaya to engage and address environmental policy-making with a fuller understanding of the cultural, spiritual, and historical forces at play." Everyday Religion and Sustainable Environments in the Himalaya is presented in conjunction with three related events. On March 6, ICI will host India-China Conversations, an invitation-only symposium that highlights the work emerging scholars from India and China supported by the institute. Also on March 6, ICI will screen Revealed: Himalayan Meltdown, an award-winning explores the impact of glacial ice melt on communities in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India and Nepal. The free and public screening will be followed by a panel discussion. Directly following Everyday Religion and Sustainable Environments in the Himalaya, on March 9 and 10 Yale University will host the a workshop on Himalayan Connections: Disciplines, Geographies, Trajectories. Everyday Religion and Sustainable Environments in the Himalaya is generously supported by the Henry Luce Foundation. It is co-sponsored by Religious Studies at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, the Tishman Environment and Design Center, Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management, and the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies. The New School, a leading progressive university in New York City, was founded in 1919 as a center of intellectual and artistic freedom. Today The New School is still in the vanguard of innovation and experimentation in higher education, with more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students in design and the social sciences, liberal arts, public policy and management, the arts, and media, and thousands of adult learners in continuing education courses. Committed to public engagement, The New School welcomes thousands of New Yorkers yearly to its celebrated public programs and maintains a global presence through its online learning programs, research institutes, and international partnerships. Learn more at www.newschool.edu. |
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